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With Boughton gone, is the Danbury mayoral seat at a crossroads? FacebookTwitterEmail 2of6 3of6 4of6 Michael Safranek, Danbury’s Republican Party leader.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 5of6 6of6 DANBURY Officially, the race for mayor will take shape in one month, when Mayor Joe Cavo exercises his right of first refusal, and tells the GOP whether he’ll run for the office he’s held since December, when Republican Mark Boughton abruptly resigned. At the same time, the race for the city’s highest elected office is well underway for Democrats, whose front-runner Roberto Alves raised $55,000 in his first month of candidacy. ....
Skip to main content For a grieving father, House passage of background check bills is a wonderful day of forward motion FacebookTwitterEmail File photo: Mark Barden, father of Sandy Hook victim Daniel Barden, speaks during the Vigil to #End Gun Violence at the Unitarian Church of Westport in Westport, Conn. on Sunday, December 10, 2017.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media NEWTOWN - An emotional father who lost his son in the Sandy Hook massacre praised this week’s passage of two firearms background check bills in the House of Representatives during a livestreamed virtual march. “The pain my family continues to endure since Daniel was shot to death is impossible to comprehend unless you too have lost someone precious to gun violence as so many have,” said Mark Barden, a co-founder and managing director of the homegrown nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise. “We are committed to sparing other families the never-ending pain of losing a loved one to prevent ....
High winds leave more than 1,500 without power FacebookTwitterEmail Several towns across Connecticut are experiencing power outages due to high winds that blew between Friday night and Saturday morning. Among the hardest-hit towns were Harwinton with about 298 outages, Middletown with 290, Newtown with 187 and Litchfield with 185. Woodstock and Weston have also reported over 100 outages as of 7:43 a.m. Saturday morning and there are other, smaller clusters of outages scattered around the state. An Eversource outage map reported 1,530 outages statewide as of 8:30 Saturday morning. Harwinton First Selectman Michael Criss said the town received wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, the heaviest ones striking between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The majority of outages have been traced back to Route 4, which a portion of is currently closed off as Eversource crews work to fix a downed power line. However, there are “little clusters” of about 10 to 12 ou ....
Skip to main content Currently Reading A validation of mission and strategy : The pandemic hasn t stopped Annie Lamont s Oak HC/FT from making major investments FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Oak HC/FT co-founders and managing partners Andrew Adams, left, Patricia Kemp, center, and Annie Lamont pose outside the Oak HC/FT office at Pickwick Plaza in Greenwich, Conn., on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Greenwich-based venture capital firm invests in early to growth-stage health care and financial technology companies.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Oak HC/FT co-founders and managing partners Andrew Adams, left, Patricia Kemp, center, and Annie Lamont pose outside the Oak HC/FT office at Pickwick Plaza in Greenwich, Conn., on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Greenwich-based venture capital firm invests in early to growth-stage health care and financial technology companies.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less ....
Skip to main content Currently Reading Families have gone through extraordinary lengths to visit loved ones in nursing homes. Soon they may hug again. FacebookTwitterEmail Confetti flies in the air as Jeanne Peters, 95, a rehab patient at The Reservoir, a nursing facility, gestures after she was given the first COVID-19 vaccination as Mary Lou Galushko, left, looks on,Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, Pool)Stephen Dunn / Associated Press It’s been nearly a year since Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order restricting nursing home visits throughout the state hundreds of days since many residents have been able to hug their children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren. But now, with new federal guidance released this week, long-awaited hugs with vaccinated seniors can officially resume. ....